Hi Mark, Yes, if you are a spammer, then you are very lucky that your spam is filtered out here in Switzerland. Imagine how much spam there would be if we...
Yes. This would normally be done either with your hosting control panel (eg. cpanel's IP deny Manager) or spam software. So this would mean you having your own...
... Umm, somewhat true, although spammers will actually quite often use the same address again and again. Especially once a trojan has been planted. The...
Per Jessen
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Jul 1, 2008 2:13 pm
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Ensuring your mails dont end up as spam, esp. if you send out regular newsletters to your clients in bulk, can be tricky. Some hints / tips /tricks: 1. Don't...
... Couldn't agree more. ... Well, yeah, um - if you're not otherwise busy. SPF is not bad, but it doesn't do a lot of good either. ... advice. Email marketing...
Per Jessen
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Jul 1, 2008 8:46 pm
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... First, I seriously doubt if any ISP is going to tell you when they did the last "vulnerability scan" of their mail-server. It's just not the way it's...
Per Jessen
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Jul 2, 2008 8:12 am
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With the closing of 500 Starbucks coffee shops back in the US (70% of those have only been open since 2006), it makes me wonder about being too agressive. Have...
How many as a % is that? How many do they have as a total? 500 out of 500,000 is not worth talking about. 500 out of 600 is worth noticing. ... From: Ed...
Actually, they're planning to close 600 stores in the US, and the employees will be given other jobs within the company. There are other plans for opening new...
... Sounds like they'll have a lot of baristas running around in the corridors :-) /Per Jessen, Herrliberg -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our...
Per Jessen
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Jul 2, 2008 10:43 am
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Hi Per. It's like the US real estate market: the bubble burst, and a lot of people are left holding the bag. With an average national per capita income of ...
This is a very good question that I think about a lot. The challenge of any startup is to get to the point where it is a going concern that has reached...
Looks interesting - seems to have a lot of people signed up already. http://www.PoolOfExperts.ch /Per Jessen, Herrliberg -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your...
Per Jessen
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Jul 2, 2008 12:42 pm
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... The is one key difference between your average spammer and the average commercial bulk email company. The spammer is trying to send as many illegitimate...
It was on the DRS1 echo der zeit, today: they are closing 600 of 16000 stores in the U.S., while others are still opening. THere were Starbucks stores...
... I have no doubt all of that is true, but for an email marketing company to promise "draconian measures" against their customers is just ridiculous. An...
Per Jessen
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Jul 2, 2008 8:20 pm
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Are you marketing nationally? Do you find it is easier to do business in one area of Switzerland than the other? Is one group of Swiss more relaxed and open...
Hi Ed. Back at SRI/swissinfo it was considered conventional wisdom that what you have experienced yourself is true. Remember, the French Swiss (not to forget...
MEDIENMITTEILUNG Der aktuelle Spamchek-Report: Das Schweizer Botnet macht Mittagspause Sehr geehrte Damen, sehr geehrte Herren Warum werden zwischen 12.00 und...
Per Jessen
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Jul 3, 2008 7:06 am
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... We haven't done in specific marketing in the Suisse-Romande yet, but in my former life, I did quite a bit of work over there. Mostly with the bigger...
Per Jessen
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Jul 3, 2008 8:21 am
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... I would say the same is true here. /Per Jessen, Herrliberg -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business....
Per Jessen
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Jul 3, 2008 8:24 am
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... Whilst on the subject of languages - how important would you say it is to have all or most marketing material (incl. website) available in French (if we...
Per Jessen
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Jul 3, 2008 8:29 am
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Per, I think the key word is the "size" of the organization you're working with. Yes, they tend to be pretty much the same. But I think what Ed is focusing on...
Not a business matter, but I hope interesting all the same: I am currently president of the Zurich Comedy Club (www.zcc.ch) and we recently had a 3-day...
That's surprising, Paul. Ironically, the French Swiss are the ones who have been pushing the most for English and not German as a first foreign language in...
My experience is similar, Working in companies in the Swiss German part, speaking only English, is generally not seen as a problem. Working in the French part,...